xxv, 345 pages : 25 cm

"Expanded and enlarged work based on Handel en wandel van de Azteken: de sociale geschiedenis van voor-Spaans Mexico, the original Dutch language edition, published 1977 by Van Gorcum Ltd., Assen, The Netherlands"--Title page verso

Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-334) and index

The historical sources as starting points -- "From the mists, from the clouds, from the seven caves" : History or myth? -- The social history of the Mexitin -- Aztec social organization at the founding of Mexico-Tenochtitlan -- Incorporation and development within the framework of the Tecpanec empire -- The social and economic development of the Aztec merchants -- Ritual and ceremonial organization of the merchants and other vocational groups -- Kinship policy and "ancestor borrowing" -- Tenochtitlan, base of an empire -- "We look Huitzilopochtli in the face . . ." -- Further observations on the Aztec arrangement -- Conclusion and general characteristics of the Aztec arrangement -- Appendices : A. Chronology of Aztec history -- B. The Codex of Otlazpan and the Tlaxilacallis -- Glossary of names, terms and places -- Glossary of gods, goddesses, priests and chiefs

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